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1992 was the first season Russia held its own national football competition since the breakup of theSoviet Union.
The teams participating came mostly from the Soviet Union leagues. New Top League had 20 teams, second-level First League had 3 zones and 52 teams in total and third-level Second League had 6 zones with 115 teams.FC Spartak Moscow won the championship.
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The last, 1991/92 edition of theSoviet Cup was won byFC Spartak Moscow who beatPFC CSKA Moscow in the final game 2–0 on 10 May 1992. Ukrainian teams who were scheduled to play in the quarterfinals,FC Dynamo Kyiv,FC Metalist Kharkiv andFC Chornomorets Odesa all withdrew, giving Spartak, CSKA andFC Pamir Dushanbe spots in the semifinals.
The early stages of the1992–93 Russian Cup were played later in the year.
All the Russian teams participating in the 1991–92 seasons of their respective competitions were eliminated in 1991.
The Russian league was not finished by the time of the 1992–93 season, therefore the Russian teams qualified for that season based on theSoviet Top League 1991 results.
PFC CSKA Moscow, surprisingly, qualified for the group stage, unexpectedly knocking outFC Barcelona in the qualification round. They came last in their group though, only gaining 2 points in 6 games. They could not play their home games inMoscow due to the lack of a stadium meeting the Champions League standards at the time.[1]
76') /Reykjavík,Laugardalsvöllur / attendance: 2,000 22'Karsakov 36'Grishin 45'Kolesnikov 89' –Einarrson 32'Steinsson 78') /Moscow,Luzhniki Stadium / attendance: 10,000 17' –Txiki Begiristain 58') /Moscow,Luzhniki Stadium / attendance: 40,000 12'Txiki Begiristain 31' –Bushmanov 44'Mashkarin 57'Karsakov 61') /Barcelona,Camp Nou / attendance: 80,000 17') /Bruges,Olympiastadion / attendance: 24,000 13') /Bochum,Germany,Ruhrstadion / attendance: 16,000Despite stumbling in the first game against the low-ratedFC Avenir Beggen,FC Spartak Moscow had quite a successful run, eventually reaching the semifinals.
85' –Onopko 5'Piatnitski 8' 78'Radchenko 55'Popov 58') /Beggen,Stade rue Henri Dunant / attendance: 1,604. 10'Karpin 67' 85' (pen.)Piatnitski 89' –Wright 66'McManaman 79'Grobbelaar
82') /Moscow,Luzhniki Stadium / attendance: 60,000 63'Piatnitski 89' –Marsh 87') /Liverpool,Anfield / attendance: 38,000BothFC Dynamo Moscow andFC Torpedo Moscow had impressive wins, beatingTorino F.C. andManchester United F.C. respectively, before being eliminated.
34' 62'Timofeev 46'Simutenkov 57'Tetradze 68' –Løken 75') /Moscow,Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 6,500
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Borisov –InceIrwinRobsonPallisterMcClairBruce) /Moscow,Torpedo Stadium / attendance: 11,350 8'Løken 48') /Trondheim,Lerkendal stadion / attendance: 10,218 8' 28' 32'Zamorano 52'Prosinečki 85' (pen.) –Shustikov 36'Grishin 39') /Madrid,Santiago Bernabéu Stadium / attendance: 50,000 53' (o.g.) –Gasimov 44'Simutenkov 66') /Turin,Stadio delle Alpi / attendance: 26,943 12'Tishkov 62'Murashov 77' –Zamorano 9'Hierro 56'Sanchís 86') /Moscow,Torpedo Stadium / attendance: 6,500 55' –Annoni 90') /Moscow,Dynamo Stadium / attendance: 13,000 75'Derkach 88' –Isaías 35' 54') /Moscow,Torpedo Stadium / attendance: 8,700 53'Yuran 58') /Lisbon,Estádio da Luz / attendance: 67,000Soviet Union has qualified for theUEFA Euro 1992. Because the country was dissolved by the time of the competition, a unified team calledCIS national football team participated in that tournament. That team played 10 games, with many players representing Russia.
On 16 August 1992, theRussia national football team played its first game in a friendly againstMexico. The head coach wasPavel Sadyrin.[2]
61' (pen.)Popov 66') /Moscow,Lokomotiv Stadium / attendance: 15,000 65') /Moscow,Luzhniki Stadium / attendance: 25,000 5'Radchenko 24') /Moscow,Luzhniki Stadium / attendance: 3,000